The Holy Bible

1654 Jeremiah 20

and the houses of Jerusalem, and the houses of the kings of Judah,

shall be defiled as the place of Tophet, because of all the houses

upon whose roofs they have burned incense unto all the host of

heaven, and have poured out drink offerings unto other gods.

¶ Then came Jeremiah from Tophet, whither the Lord had sent

him to prophesy ; and he stood in the court of the Lord’s h o u s e ,

and said to all the people,

Thus saith the Lord of hosts, the God of Israel ; Behold, I will

bring upon this city and upon all her towns all the evil that I have

pronounced against it, because they have hardened their necks,

that they might not hear my words.

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The Curse on Pashur for Imprisoning Jeremiah

Now Pashur the son of Immer the priest, who was also chief

governor in the house of the Lord, heard that Jeremiah

prophesied these things.

Then Pashur smote Jeremiah the prophet, and put him in the

stocks that were in the high gate of Benjamin, which was by the

house of the Lord.

And it came to pass on the morrow, that Pashur brought forth

Jeremiah out of the stocks. Then said Jeremiah unto him, The

Lord hath not called thy name Pashur, but Magor-missabib [fear

round about].

For thus saith the Lord, Behold, I will make thee a terror to

thyself, and to all thy friends : and they shall fall by the sword of

their enemies, and thine eyes shall behold it : and I will give all

Judah into the hand of the king of Babylon, and he shall carry them

captive into Babylon, and shall slay them with the sword.

Moreover I will deliver all the strength of this city, and all the

labors thereof, and all the precious things thereof, and all the

treasures of the kings of Judah will I give into the hand of their

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